DRAMA - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 96:

• JAMB 1988

THIS QUESTION ARE BASED ON OLA ROTIMI''S
THE GODS ARE NOT TO BLAME
What is the significance of Alaka and Gbonka to the plot of the play ?

A. They are major figures in the drama
B. They only held the vital clues for revealing the identity of Odewale
C. The y were friends of the late Ogundele
D. Their meeting with Odewale would help assuage his sorrow.

Question 97:

• JAMB 1988

THIS QUESTION ARE BASED ON OLA ROTIMI''S
THE GODS ARE NOT TO BLAME
A dominant device which Ola Rotimi uses to suggest an authentic background in the play is

A. Dialogue
B. Rituals
C. Proverbs
D. Songs and dances

Question 98:

• JAMB 1989

This question is based on Wole Soyinka's The Lion and the Jewel.
Lakunle:... To fetch and carry
To cook and scrub
To bring forth children by the gross
Sidi: Heaven forgive you! Do you now scorn child bearing in a wife?
What would Lakunle rather prefer to accomplish before child bearing ?

A. Good kissing habit
B. Formal education
C. Racial and sexual equality
D. Church wedding

Question 99:

• JAMB 1989

This question is based on George Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man.
...What would Sergius, the hero of Slivnitza, say if he saw me now? What would Sergius, the apostle of higher love, say if he saw me now?
What would the half dozen Sergiuses who keep popping in and out of this handsome figure of mine say if they caught us here?''
These questions are addressed to

A. Louka
B. Sophia
C. Raina
D. Catherine

Question 100:

• JAMB 1989

This question is based on George Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man.
'Excuse me Bluntschll what did you say had spoiled your chances in life?
According to Bluntschll what had spoiled his chances in life was

A. An irrepressible Casanovan trait
B. A chronic baromial temperament
C. A hard boiled classical disposition
D. An incurably romantic disposition